Joint for dolls



I (No Model.)

E. VERPILLIER & C. W. GRAVES;

' JOINT FOR DOLLS, 8:0.

No. 546,791. Patented Spf. 24, 1895.

FIGS! WITNESSES: HER

EIMHIL VERPL QZW. gHARLES w. GRAVES.

ATTOR Y ANDREW BJIRANAMSPHOTOUTHQWASNINGWN.D12

UNITED STATES PATENT. Grmcn.

EMIL VERPILLIER AND CHARLES W. GRAVES, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

JOINT FOR DOLLS, etc.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,791, datedSeptember 24, 1895.

Application filed April 22, 1895. Serial No. 546,693- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EMIL VERPILLIER and CHARLES W. GRAVES, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and Stateof New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inJoints for Dolls, &c.; and we do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has reference to dolls, and

has for its primary object to provide a novel construction of joint forconnecting any two parts of a doll together by means of a flexiblerotary connection, whereby the limbs of the doll can be moved into anydesired position in the manner of the movements of human beings, whileat the same time any two of such connected parts of the doll are capableof a rotary movement about an extension or arm of a hinge-jointoperatively arranged in a pierced sphere, which is also movablyconnected with a certain sleeve or sleeves adapted to be secured in thearticulating members of the doll.

The invention therefore consists in certain novel arrangements andcombinations of parts, such as will be hereinafter fully described, andfinally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a doll provided withjoints or connections embodying the nature of our present invention.Fig. 2 is a front View of the joint before it is secured in position inthe limbs of the doll. Fig. 3 is a face view of a metal blank employedin the construction of a hingejoint used in connection with the joint,and Fig. 4 are perspective views of two of said blanks partly bent inshape to form the members of said hinge-joint. Fig. 5 illustrates saidtwo members in side view before they are pivotally connected by means ofa suitable pin or a rivet. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the several partscomprising the joint, illustrating the hinge-joint, a sleeve, and acombined sphere and sleeve; and Fig. 7 is a similar View of these partscomprising the hinge construction, but being of a slightly-modified formof construction.

Similar letters of reference are employed in each of the above-describedviews to indicate like parts.

In United States Patent No. $7,861, dated December 13, 1892, granted toEmil Verpillier, is shown a joint construction consisting of aball-and-socketjoint connected with certain sleeves secured in thearticulating members of a doll. In the present construction we havedispensed with the parts forming the ball-and-socket joint, using inlieu thereof a construction of hinge-joint in a pierced and slittedsphere to produce simplicity and hence cheapness of construction,durability, adaptability to the members of the doll, easiness ofadjustment and repairs, and, lastly, a superior and operative joint orconnection for the purpose stated.

In the drawings, A indicates the body or trunk of a doll or otherfigure. B represents the arms, and Othe legs.

The main feature of our present invention is the construction of aflexible rotary joint or connection D to be used in connecting any twoparts-as, for instance, the two arm portions-B, or an arm portion B withthe trunk A, or the trunk A with a leg portion 0, or any two legportions 0, as will be clearly evident from the accompanying drawings.

Our novel form of joints D, which are alike in all instances, comprisetherein a hingejoint (2, (see Figs. 6 and 7,) made of two pieces 6 and 6preferably stamped from sheet metal in the shape shown in Fig. 3 andfolded in the middle at 2 as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, to form loops e.The ends 6 of said pieces 2 and e are suitably perforated, and when theparts are slipped together, as clearly indicated in Figs. 2 and 5, a pinor rivetf is firmly arranged in said perforated ends 6 in order to forman articulation. or double-jointed hinge-joint e, as will be clearlyunderstood. Thus it will be seen that the doubled-over pieces e and 6respectively, form arms of articulation e and e of the said hinge-joint.Said arm a is now inserted in a pierced sphere d, finished or terminatedby a sleeve 01, formed integral therewith, as in Fig. 6, or it may be anindependent sleeve, as shown in Fig. 7, said parts being fastenedtogether by means of a suitable pin 9 or any other suitable fastening,which is passed through the loop a on the end of said arm 6, extendingbeyond the lower surface of said sleeve (1, as clearly indicated in Fig.2. The other arm 6 of the hingejoint (2 is inserted in the sleeve (1 theloop 6 011 said arm 0 extending beyond the upper surface of said sleeveand being fastened by a pin 9 or any other suitable fastening device. Inthis manner the complete joint or connection D is formed, the sleeve (1being rotatively arranged on the arm 6 while the Other arm a is fixed inthe sphere d and the sleeve (1' by the pin 9 being arranged in a recessor notch d in said sleeve cl, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2, whichprevents the turning of these parts, as will be clearly evident.

The pierced sphere d, which may be made of wood, metal, or any othersuitable material, is provided with a lateral cut or slit (Z to permitthe pivotal motion of the arm 6 around the center of articulation of thehinge-joint a, giving the upper parts of the joint a movement of ninetydegrees, or approximately so. The sleeves d and d are now glued orotherwise secured in the hollow members or limbs of the doll, connectingany two parts of the doll in the manner as has been previously stated.Thus it will be seen that any two connected parts of the doll can bemoved and any position of the limbs can be obtained on account of thepivotal movement of the arms (2 and c on their center of articulationand the arrangement of the rotary sleeve (1 on said arm 0 The endportions e of said pieces 6' and e constituting the centerotarticulation, are doubled in order to present a quadruple thickness andriveted together at that point, as shown, which adds to the strength anddurability of thejoint. Furthermore, the construction and arrangement ofthe parts at the point of articulation of the hinge-joint c are suchthat the arms 0 and c move in an arc of ninety degrees, or approximatelyso, and thereby act as a stay in order to prevent the limbs of the dollfrom doubling on themselves.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is 1. A joint fordolls or the like, consisting, essentially, of a pierced sphere havingaslit, a hinge-joint in said sphere inelosing the point of articulationof said joint and presenting said slit for the movement of one of thearms of articulation of said joint, and a sleeve rotatively arranged onone of said arms of the hinge-joint, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

2. A joint for dolls or the like, consisting, essentially, of a picrcedsphere having a slit, a tubular post or sleeve connected with saidsphere, a hinge-joint in said sphere inclosing the point of articulationof said joint and pro senting said slit for the movement of one of thearms of articulation of said joint, a sleeve rotatively arranged on oneof said arms of the hinge-joint, and means for securing the tubular postor sleeve connected with the sphere in a fixed position on said otherarm of articulation of the hinge-joint, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

A joint for dolls or the like, consisting, essentially, of a piercedsphere having a slit,

a hinge-joint, comprising therein, doubled portions 6' and 6 formingarms c and c respectively, htving perforated ends c and a pin or rivet.for securing them together, to form a quadruple joint of articulation,said sphere inclosing the point of articulation of said joint andpresenting said slit for the movement of one of the arms of articulationof said joint, and a sleeve rotatively arranged on one of said arms ofthe hinge-joint, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. A joint for dolls or the like, consisting, essentially, of a piercedsphere having a slit, a tubular post or sleeve connected with saidsphere, a hinge-joint, comprising therein, doubled portions 0' and 6forming arms 0 and 6 respectively, having perforated ends a and a pin orrivet for securing them together, to form a quadruple joint ofarticulation, said sphere inelosing the point of articulation of saidjoint and presenting said slit for the movement of one of the arms ofarticulation of said joint, a sleeve rotatively arranged on one of saidarms of the hinge-joint, and means for securing the tubular post orsleeve connected with the sphere in a fixed position on said other armof articulation of the hingejoint, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

In testimony that we claim the invention set forth above we havehereunto set our hands this 10th day of April, 1805.

EMIL VERPILLIER. CHARLES W. GRAV Witnesses:

FREDK. O. FRAENTZEL, WM. lI. CAMFlELD, Jr.

